CLF vs RIO vs GGB Stock Comparison

Cleveland-Cliffs, Rio Tinto and Gerdau Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RIO Rio Tinto Plc
$83.71 -11.4% 1M +18.7% 1Y
Market cap
$139.20B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Iron Ore Basic Materials
3 wins
GGB Gerdau S.A.
$4.74 -2.1% 1M +40.7% 1Y
Market cap
$9.30B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.11B
Div. yield
–
Steel Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Gerdau leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Gerdau 7, Rio Tinto 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCLFRIOGGBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.95B $139.20B $9.30B RIO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -16.8x — 17.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 10.7x 8.2x GGB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.8% — +103.8% GGB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -2.4% — 3.2% GGB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.3% — 11.6% GGB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 9.8x — -0.4x GGB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.8% +18.7% +40.7% GGB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.6%/yr +5.4%/yr +4.1%/yr RIO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 67.3% 30.7% 37.1% RIO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 — 67/100 GGB

Percentile Scorecard

CLFRIOGGB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCLFRIOGGB
Valuation 65 #57 of 162 – 88 #21 of 162
Growth 40 #89 of 147 – 36 #94 of 147
Profitability 37 #77 of 122 – 61 #48 of 122
Financial Health 11 #147 of 165 22 #129 of 165 55 #75 of 165
Shareholder Returns – 98 #3 of 107 93 #8 of 107
Overall 38 – 67
  • CLF ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • RIO ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • GGB ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCLFRIOGGBSPY
1 month +9.7%-11.4%-2.1% -0.8%
3 months +9.1%-9.0%-1.7% +3.5%
6 months +26.0%-16.2%+9.7% +7.0%
Year to date +0.7%+4.6%+28.5% +12.2%
1 year +1.8%+18.7%+40.7% +13.0%
3 years -16.6%+31.3%+30.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year -5.9%+9.5%+9.3% +23.1%
5 years -46.1%+29.9%+22.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -11.6%+5.4%+4.1% +11.0%
10 years +115.6%+144.7%+78.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +8.0%+9.4%+6.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCLFRIOGGBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 67.3%30.7%37.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.3%32.1%39.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.111.271.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.030.611.10 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.4%-39.0%-55.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.4%-25.3%-9.5% -1.8%
52-week high $15.09$112.04$5.24 $779.14
52-week low $7.82$67.89$3.26 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCLFRIOGGB
P/E now vs peer median -16.2xmedian 12.8x —median 12.8x 17.6xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 3.1x —median 3.1x 0.6xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.7xmedian 7.0x —median 7.0x 3.8xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -15.7xmedian 15.2x —median 15.2x 68.5xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.1x 2.0xmedian 2.1x 0.9xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.34median 0.29 —median 0.29 4.85median 0.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCLFRIOGGB
Revenue $20.07B – $17.11B
Gross profit $309.00M – $1.99B
Operating income -$282.00M – $1.59B
Net income -$460.00M – $546.25M
Free cash flow -$485.00M – $138.65M
EPS (diluted) $-0.82 – $0.42
Cash & equivalents $77.00M $8.87B $1.09B
Total debt $7.65B $16.90B $309.89M
Shares (diluted) 574.00M 1.63B 1.29B
Enterprise value $7.70B $99.70B $4.62B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCLFRIOGGB
P/E -16.2x – 17.6x
P/FCF -15.7x – 68.5x
P/Operating cash flow 65.8x – 5.6x
P/S 0.4x – 0.6x
P/B 1.3x 2.0x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 2.2x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 19.7x – 3.8x
EV/EBIT -53.9x – 5.4x
EV/Revenue 0.8x – 0.5x
EV/FCF -31.3x – 61.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 131.0x – 5.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.34 – 4.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCLFRIOGGB
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.8% – 103.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.9% – 1.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 133.3% – 39.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -35.7% – -7.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 83.5% – 51.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -35.2% – -30.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 72.7% – -27.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -48.0% – -30.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 75.7% – 8.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -47.9% – 3.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 112.6% – 25.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -61.9% – -2.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 68.6% – -77.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -32.9% – -52.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCLFRIOGGB
Gross margin 1.5% – 11.6%
EBITDA margin 3.8% – 13.3%
Operating margin -1.4% – 9.3%
Pretax margin -3.4% – 3.8%
Net margin -2.4% – 3.2%
FCF margin -2.4% – 0.8%
Operating cash flow margin 0.6% – 9.9%
Return on equity -7.3% – 3.5%
Return on assets -2.1% – 2.3%
Return on invested capital -1.3% – 11.6%
Return on capital employed -1.7% – 11.4%
Asset turnover 1.0x – 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.3x – 3.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCLFRIOGGB
Debt / assets 37.6% – 1.9%
Debt / equity 1.3x 0.3x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 9.8x – -0.4x
Debt / FCF -15.8x – 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 70.7% – 34.9%
Equity / assets 29.3% – 65.1%
Interest coverage – – 4.1x
Current ratio 1.9x 1.4x 2.9x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.0x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.6x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 1.40 – 3.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCLFRIOGGB
Dividend yield – 5.6% 3.2%
Net buyback yield – – 3.5%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 5.6% 6.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCLFRIOGGB
Forward P/E – 10.7xFY2026 8.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.01FY2026 $7.84FY2026 $0.58FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +17.2%FY2026 +346.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +9.1% +3.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $21.93BFY2026 $67.58BFY2026 $14.44BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.8%FY2026 +17.2%FY2026 +6.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.2% -8.0% -4.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCLFRIOGGB
Held by institutions 83.1% 7.9% 18.0%
Institutions holding 583 968 211
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% -1.1% +17.1%
Institutions buying 279 504 119
Institutions selling 191 283 52
Buyers to sellers 1.46 1.78 2.29

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CLFRIOGGB
CLF 1.00 0.40 0.40
RIO 0.40 1.00 0.46
GGB 0.40 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CLF, RIO and GGB?

Rio Tinto (RIO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) $7.95B, Rio Tinto (RIO) $139.20B, Gerdau (GGB) $9.30B.

Which company is growing faster?

Gerdau (GGB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) +7.8%, Gerdau (GGB) +103.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gerdau (GGB) has the highest net margin (Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) -2.4%, Gerdau (GGB) 3.2%). On return on invested capital, Gerdau (GGB) leads (Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) -1.3%, Gerdau (GGB) 11.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Gerdau (GGB) returned the most: Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) +1.8%, Rio Tinto (RIO) +18.7%, Gerdau (GGB) +40.7%. Over five years, Rio Tinto (RIO) compounded fastest (Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) -11.6%/yr, Rio Tinto (RIO) +5.4%/yr, Gerdau (GGB) +4.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Rio Tinto (RIO) has been the steadiest (Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) 67.3%, Rio Tinto (RIO) 30.7%, Gerdau (GGB) 37.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CLF, RIO and GGB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Gerdau (GGB) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.